For the better part of 2014, I've been working with British
mystery author Celia Conrad to boost the visibility and sales of her trilogy,
"Alicia Allen Investigates," which never had a proper launch when it
was originally published. If you find yourself in the re-launch boat, you might
want to take advantage of the free Amazon service known as Kindle Direct
Publishing for authors, and offer your book as a Kindle-friendly E-Book for a
limited number of days. Yes, you might run the "danger" of over-saturating
the sales possibilities, and yes, it does make the heart sink a bit when you
see thousands of people have downloaded your book for FREE and even if they'd
paid a dollar each...well, let's not go there.
Here's the reason Conrad and I decided to run the KDP
specials along with the rest of our re--launch PR:
If you use the KDP as a raison d'etre for fresh publicity
(meaning press releases), you could be looking at a win-win victory. PR
Distribution services are free, but the editors are very strict about not
allowing any pure publicity stunts to leak through your press release. It must
be:
- Well written.
- Newsworthy
- Timely (e.g., your KDP offer is coming up shortly)
The last book in the trilogy, "Murder in Hand,"
will be coming up for the free Kindle E-Book Giveaway on Dec. 13 and 14, and we
have used this press release (below) not only for PR Distribution pickup
(Broadway World Book News and the BBC Record picked it up, just to name a
couple media outlets that thrilled us), but we also sent it via e-mails to book
clubs, etc. with a personalized note/
Here then is the press release as it was posted on PR.com a
few days ago, with my best wishes for your success along your novel journey!
Onward,
Marlan Warren (Book Publicity by Marlan)
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LINKED IN NEWS FEED TODAY:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/indie-authors-pr-hint-youre-marlan-warren
For immediate release:
Barcham Books fights “Forces of Evil” with holiday KDP
Giveaway (Dec. 13-14) of Celia Conrad’s Italian Crime Romp “Murder in Hand”:
Bone up on your Puccini!
“Alicia Allen should be on the top of every woman’s reading
list.”
—Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Review
On Dec. 13 through Dec. 14, Barcham Books will gift readers
with Book 3 in Celia Conrad’s Alicia Allen Investigates Trilogy (AAI), Murder
in Hand (MIH), as a free e-book via Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Select
program. “It’s our way of saying thank you and wishing everyone a happy
holiday,” said Barcham Books’ Jane Hall. “Everyone, it seems, just loves
Alicia.”
This cerebral legal murder mystery turns on Italian
international corruption, Puccini and dead Probate attorneys as it hails the
return of Alicia Allen, the potato chip loving half-Italian London lawyer who
never lets her thriving relationship with a handsome lawyer cohort stand in the
way of fingering a culprit.
“The beauty part is that Murder in Hand can be read as a
stand-alone,” Hall added.
